Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102

§575 Availability of Appropriations for Expenses Incident to Operation of Power Boats or Vessels; Expenses Defined; Certification of Expenditures

Title 33 › CHAPTER 12 — RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 575

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Starting July 31, 1947, Corps of Engineers money cannot be used to run power boats unless it is for official government business. Official business means transport, lodging, and meals for federal or state officials on inspection trips for authorized or proposed river, harbor, or flood-control projects. Those costs must be charged to river and harbor and flood control appropriations, follow rules set by the Chief of Engineers, and be certified by the Division Engineer as necessary and proper.

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Title 33, §575

Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

On and after July 31, 1947, no appropriation under the Corps of Engineers shall be available for any expenses incident to operating any power-driven boat or vessel on other than Government business, and that Government business shall be construed to include transportation, lodging, and subsistence on inspection trips of Federal and State officials, having a public interest in authorized or proposed improvements for river and harbor and flood control, and any expenses incurred therefor shall be chargeable to river and harbor and flood control appropriations heretofore or hereafter made under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Chief of Engineers: Provided, That such expenditures shall be certified by the Division Engineer as necessary and proper expenditures.

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Codification Section is also set out as section 701b–9 of this title. Section was formerly classified to section 190a and 199 of Title 10 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 10, Armed Forces, by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 1, 70A Stat. 1.

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33 U.S.C. § 575

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102